Cannes – Lagardère Active and Lightning International announced a new major carriage agreement that sees Mezzo Live HD launch a daily 4-hour branded block on FOXTEL’s in-house arts channel, FOXTEL Arts.

Starting 2 November, Mezzo Live HD will be retransmitted live daily on FOXTEL Arts, Monday to Friday from 12 noon to 4pm (NSW) and offer the best of classical music, opera, ballet and jazz to FOXTEL Arts subscribers.

FOXTEL Arts launched this year and is available on channel 133 in the HD and Docos packages.

This marks the first agreement for Mezzo Live HD in Australia and another major step in the channel’s development in Asia-Pacific.

Now available in 6 major Asia-Pacific markets, Mezzo Live HD features the best classical and jazz concerts with 100% of content in HD and over 80% self-produced from the most prestigious international venues like Paris’ Opera, London’s Covent Garden, Milan’s Scala or Moscow’s Bolshoi.

The channel has plans for additional localised content in 2015 with new partnerships in the works in Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan.